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UK asylum system: What happens to people who cross the Channel and make a claim?

Almost 40,000 people have crossed the Channel in small boats in 2022, according to Government data, but that is just the start of their journey through the UK asylum process

Evening Standard · Nov 4, 2022

Two migrant groups left stranded at Victoria station after ‘misunderstanding’, says minister

Two migrant groups who crossed the English Channel were left stranded in London after a “misunderstanding” with UK officials, a minister has said.

Evening Standard · Nov 4, 2022

BBC reporter admits 'poor' choice of words over inflammatory immigration report

A BBC reporter who used inflammatory language about immigrants during a report on Channel crossings has admitted to a “poor” choice of words,…

The National (Scotland) · Nov 4, 2022

Migrant crisis is down to failed policies – not Albanians, says nation’s PM

Home Secretary Suella Braverman has singled out Albanian asylum seekers after a big increase in the numbers of them crossing the Channel.

The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2022

Stop blaming us for your migrant crisis, Albania’s Prime Minister tells Suella Braverman

Albania’s PM accuses Braverman of singling out Albania to ‘excuse policy failures’

Evening Standard · Nov 2, 2022

Braverman told to stop targeting Albanians to ‘excuse failures’ by nation’s PM

The Home Secretary was criticised by Edi Rama for using ‘easy rhetoric’ that ‘ignores hard facts’.

The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2022

These Channel boats demand serious solutions, not screams of ‘invasion’

Immigration is back on the news agenda and it’s as raw, difficult and upsetting as ever. The petrol bombing of a migrant centre in Dover was sickening and took me right back to the murder of Jo Cox.

Evening Standard · Nov 2, 2022

What is the Manston asylum centre?

Kent facility opened in January intended for short-term detention and processing of applicants but is already struggling with overcrowding after high number of Channel crossings

The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2022

France and UK need to do more on Channel migrant crisis, Cabinet minister admits

Transport Secretary Mark Harper said the authorities on both sides of the English Channel needed to step up work to tackle small boat crossings.

The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2022

Wednesday briefing: The reality behind Suella Braverman’s claims of an asylum seeker ‘invasion’

In today’s newsletter: Veteran home affairs journalist Alan Travis weighs in for this survey, by the numbers, of how immigration became the dominant feature of the Home Office’s brief – and a near-constant issue

The Guardian - UK · Nov 2, 2022